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Corey A. Black (born January 11, 1969, in
Westminster, California Westminster is a city in western Orange County, California, United States. Westminster was founded in 1870 by Rev. Lemuel Webber as a Presbyterian Temperance movement, temperance colony and was incorporated in 1957. Westminster is bordered by ...
) is a retired Champion
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in American
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.


Early life and career

Born in
Westminster, California Westminster is a city in western Orange County, California, United States. Westminster was founded in 1870 by Rev. Lemuel Webber as a Presbyterian Temperance movement, temperance colony and was incorporated in 1957. Westminster is bordered by ...
, Black won his first race as a professional apprentice jockey on October 16, 1985, during the Oak Tree Racing Association meet at
Santa Anita Park Santa Anita Park is a Thoroughbred racetrack in Arcadia, California, United States. It offers some of the prominent horse racing events in the United States during early fall, winter and in spring. The track is home to numerous prestigious race ...
. A Champion that year, he led all apprentice jockeys in United States racing in purse money won. During a fifteen-year career, Black rode primarily in California where he won important races, including the 1993 Hollywood Gold Cup aboard Best Pal. In the summer of 1987 and again in 1992, Black rode in
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where he won a number of conditions races. Like many in his profession, Corey Black battled weight gain that eventually was a factor in his retirement at age thirty-one on November 26, 2000. Following retirement he worked as an
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for a short time, acting for jockeys Gary Stevens and Brice Blanc. In 2002, he was hired to work on the set of the motion picture,
Seabiscuit Seabiscuit (May 23, 1933 – May 17, 1947) was a champion thoroughbred racehorse in the United States who became the top money-winning racehorse up to the 1940s. He beat the 1937 Triple Crown winner, War Admiral, by four lengths in a two-hors ...
. He served as a
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for actor
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, who he taught the posturing of a professional jockey, and played the role of the jockey ( Harry Richards) on Rosemont, William duPont, Jr.'s horse that beat
Seabiscuit Seabiscuit (May 23, 1933 – May 17, 1947) was a champion thoroughbred racehorse in the United States who became the top money-winning racehorse up to the 1940s. He beat the 1937 Triple Crown winner, War Admiral, by four lengths in a two-hors ...
in the 1937 Santa Anita Handicap. Black has worked as an exercise rider and has been an analyst on the TVG Network horse racing broadcasts

Corey Black was a member of Board of Don MacBeth#MacBeth Memorial Jockey Fund, Don MacBeth Memorial Jockey Fund, an organization that raises money to assist injured and disabled riders


External links


Video at YouTube of Corey Black winning the 1993 Hollywood Gold Cup aboard Best Pal


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Black, Corey 1969 births Living people American jockeys Sportspeople from Westminster, California